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Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation (2006)
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Baker, R. (2006). Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 3(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-3-4

Introduction: Brand's four reasons for clinical tests and his analysis of the characteristics of valid biomechanical tests for use in orthopaedics are taken as a basis for determining what methodologies are required for gait analysis in a clinical... Read More about Gait analysis methods in rehabilitation.

A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD (2006)
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Szczepura, K., Ruparelia, P., Bilton, D., Chilvers, E., & Peters, A. (2006). A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 27(3), 285. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200603000-00027

COPD is an inflammatory condition of the airways characterized by airway neutrophilia. Using a whole-body-counter (WBC) we have assessed neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD using small activities of 111In-labelled neutrophils. Patients were scann... Read More about A16 Using whole-body counting to determine neutrophil trafficking and loss in COPD.

The lived-experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives (2006)
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Horrocks, S., & Chang, K. (2006). The lived-experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53(4), 435-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03732.x

AIM: The aim of this paper is to report a study conducted to explore the meanings of the lived experiences that Chinese family caregivers in Malaysia ascribed to the care they provided to relatives with severe and persistent mental illness. BACKGRO... Read More about The lived-experiences of family caregivers of mentally ill relatives.

Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine? (2006)
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Adam, A. (2006). Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?. Ethics and Information Technology, 7(4), 233 - 242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-006-0013-3

This paper addresses the question of delegation of morality to a machine, through a consideration of whether or not non-humans can be considered to be moral. The aspect of morality under consideration here is protection of privacy. The topic is intro... Read More about Delegating and Distributing Morality: Can We Inscribe Privacy Protection in a Machine?.

Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge (2006)
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Taylor, C. (2006). Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge. British Journal of Social Work, 36(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch269

Notwithstanding the rise of evidence-based practice, other tendencies within social work scholarship are also discernible. One of these is the study of the everyday, routine accomplishment of practice, drawing on microsociological methods and techniq... Read More about Narrating significant experience: reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge.

Defining spatial parameters for non-linear walking (2006)
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Huxham, F., Gong, J., Baker, R., Morris, M., & Iansek, R. (2006). Defining spatial parameters for non-linear walking. Gait & Posture, 23(2), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.01.001

Current definitions of the spatial and temporal parameters of gait have been based on the premise that walking occurs in a straight line. When the direction of progression (DoP) is not consistent and walking is non-linear, these definitions do not pr... Read More about Defining spatial parameters for non-linear walking.

Behavioural and neurochemical responses evoked by repeated exposure to an elevated open platform (2006)
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Storey, J., Robertson, D., Beattie, J., Reid, I., Mitchell, S., & Balfour, D. (2006). Behavioural and neurochemical responses evoked by repeated exposure to an elevated open platform. Behavioural Brain Research, 166(2), 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2005.08.002

Increased psychophysiological resistance to chronic stress has been related to increased 5-HT release in the dorsal hippocampus. This study investigated the changes in 5-HT release and turnover in the hippocampus evoked by acute and repeated exposure... Read More about Behavioural and neurochemical responses evoked by repeated exposure to an elevated open platform.

To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy (2006)
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Fallon, D. (2006). To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy. Nursing Inquiry, 13(3), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00328.x

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been evident in disciplines such as sociology and cultural studies for many years, and is of increasing interest to nurse scholars internationally. This paper outlines what CDA is and how it might be used as an a... Read More about To 'raise dream and ambition': the rhetorical analysis of a teenage pregnancy strategy.

Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom (2006)
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Mitchell, M. (2006). Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom. Ambulatory Surgery, 12(3), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ambsur.2005.09.003

Background: The amount of surgery undertaken within United Kingdom Day Surgery Units has risen considerably over the past 15–20 years. Throughout this pioneering era, nursing roles and responsibilities within the modern surgical environment have deve... Read More about Nursing knowledge and the expansion of day surgery in the United Kingdom.

Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people (2006)
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Mair, M., Barlow, A., Woods, S., Kierans, C., Milton, B., & Porcellato, L. (2006). Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.002

Smoking remains a major problem among young people in Europe. However, within the research community examining the issue, debate continues about the best way of assessing the extent of that problem. Questions have been raised about the extent to whic... Read More about Lies, damned lies and statistics? Reliability and personal accounts of smoking among young people.

A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children (2006)
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Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2006). A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children. Human Development, 49(6), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1159/000096531

The pattern of parent-child correlations in adoption studies has long been interpreted to suggest substantial additive genetic variance underlying variance in IQ. The studies have frequently been criticized on methodological grounds, but those critic... Read More about A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children.

Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities (2006)
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Zampieron, A., Elseviers, M., Ormandy, P., Vlaminck, H., de Vos, J., Kafkia, T., …Harrington, M. (2006). Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities

This paper describes a study to capture the key roles and activities of nephrology nurses across different countries in Europe. The concept of the study and the need to clarify the activities of the nephrology nurse arose as part of a larger study to... Read More about Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities.

Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics (2006)
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Elseviers, M., de Vos, J., Harrington, M., Zampieron, A., Ormandy, P., & Kafkia, T. (2006). Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics

The European Practice Database (EPD) contains data from 8 countries including 276 centres and 21,861 dialysis patients. Comparing patients and centre characteristics, remarkable similarities and pronounced differences in renal practice between differ... Read More about Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics.

Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education (2006)
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Horrocks, S. (2006). Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education. Nurse Education Today, 26(1), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.06.005

We are only beginning to understand the significance and consequences of how the era of Quality Assurance Mechanisms is effecting nurse education. This paper argues that the later philosophy of Heidegger can teach us a lot regarding the underlying ‘c... Read More about Scholarship, teaching and calculative thinking: a critique of the audit culture in UK nurse education.

Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population (2006)
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Bellaby, P. (2006). Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population. International Journal of Health Services, 36(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.2190/EE2N-4A1Q-ARVD-XN05

In debates on pensions and retirement age, little attention has been paid to the relation between increased effective retirement age and the health of the older population. This article focuses on Britain at a crucial point in the past, when the reco... Read More about Can they carry on working? Later retirement, health and social inequality in an aging population.

Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups (2006)
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Harlow, E., & Shardlow, S. (2006). Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups. Child and Family Social Work, 11(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00392.x

Founded on an evaluative review of core group practice in a northern metropolitan borough of England, this paper highlights the tensions and difficulties that might inhibit the quality of post-registration services to children and their families. Ins... Read More about Safeguarding children: challenges to the effective operation of core groups.